Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist?
Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed.
For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?

ceagee

moondigger

ceagee wrote:French Kiss.
Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. He's using her to smuggle vines into France.

Cute movie, but aside from a couple brief references, not really a "wine movie," IMO. Wine is an integral component of the story for the movies listed above. In French Kiss, it's more of a minor plot device. It's like a listing of "drug" movies including Scarface, Traffic, American Gangster and New Jack City, then adding Three Men and a Baby because of the minor subplot of drugs being hidden in the baby's car seat.

theother1

Sheena3745

ceagee wrote:French Kiss.
Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. He's using her to smuggle vines into France.

I second this one. Never mind those that said it wasn't "enough" about wine. It was so. All about the things that make wine good, from the grapes, to the right mix of ingredients, to the family history, to the land. The passion, the sacrifices, the love. The innumerable meanings behind flavor & scent. Lovely.

moondigger

Sheena3745 wrote:Never mind those that said it wasn't "enough" about wine. It was so.

I didn't say it wasn't "enough" about wine. I said it isn't a wine movie, any more than Three Men & A Baby was a drug movie. Just because there's a minor subplot in a movie involving some particular topic doesn't mean that's what the movie is about. Another example: Parenthood, with Steve Martin. There are references to baseball throughout the movie, but that doesn't qualify it as a "baseball movie" like Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, etc.

My wife and I like French Kiss and have seen it at least five times, probably more.

EDIT: Deleted stuff that seemed needlessly argumentative. I like the movie. I just don't consider it a "wine movie."

Sheena3745

Got it, I'm not arguing either, just disagreeing. The movie wasn't exclusively about wine, I'd dare say as a romcom not even mainly about wine. But I do think wine was a major & pivotal part of its plot (a lot more than theft for example), so I happily list it as my favorite *wine* movie.

randysanders

slm9951

gmorten1 wrote:why not more love for A Good Year? a vineyard, marion cotillard, abbie cornish... what's not to like?

Oh My! Flying Guards!- definately a great wine movie. When that old man explains to the new owner of the vineyard ( Russell Crowe) about the care, the soil and the smell of the grapes!!! It doesn't get any better. Loved French Kiss too. The way Kevin Kline loves and cares for that little grape vine!! Too sweet!!

noslensj

My favorite wine movie ia actually a "made-for-TV movie" - the superb Columbo episode "Any Old Port in a Storm". Excellent interweaving of a Columbo murder investigation set against a totally plausible narrative of a filial dispute and culminating with the Columbo using the murderer's sophisticated knowledge of wine to incriminate himself.

trifecta

For those that haven't seen corked, check it out. It's on Netflix streaming. I think woot folks can appreciate how it mocks some of the ridiculous things in the wine industry. Such as rich folks who think they know wine, fancy winery and their stuffiness, etc. Also directed by Paul Hawley.

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